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You're being downvoted because EVERY form of life on earth discovered so far metabolizes D-Glucose. If you find a microbe with the ability to metabolize L-Glu
by novia 6y ago
You're being downvoted because EVERY form of life on earth discovered so far metabolizes
D-Glucose. If you find a microbe with the ability to metabolize
L-Glucose it'll be big news, and most likely an alien.
- dwohnitmok 6y agoNot quite. "An L-glucose catabolic pathway in Paracoccus species 43P" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23038265/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23038265/ But it's true the vast vast majority of life on earth cannot metabolize L-glucose and it would be unlikely to have bacteria in your gut capable of metabolizing it.